Pontifical Representatives and Apostolic Nuncios to Meet with Pope Francis

Year of Faith Event to Conclude with Concert in Vatican City

By Staff

VATICAN CITY, June 20, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis will be meeting with the Pontifical Representatives and Apostolic Nuncios as part of the Year of Faith tomorrow and Saturday.

According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Francis will meet with the Holy Father tomorrow morning at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Later in the afternoon, the pontifical representatives and the apostolic nuncios will attend a Celebration of Eucharist Adoration and Vespers. The celebration will be held in the Pontifical Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and presided by its archpriest, Cardinal James Michael Harvey.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture will deliver a mediation to the representatives present. The celebration will be followed by an evening dinner with Pope Francis.

On Saturday morning, the representatives will concelebrate Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and will be presided by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State. After prayers and a working meeting with the superiors of the Secretariat of State, the pontifical representatives will have lunch with the Holy Father and will attend a concert in the evening at the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City.

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